Fish-hook.



0.1a. WILLIS. FISH HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1908.

914,906. Patented Marys); 1909.

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CHARLES MARSHALL WILLIS, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

FISH-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1809.

Application filed July 8, 1908. Serial No. 442,4:d8.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Cinemas M. W LLIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas,have invented new and Improved Fish-Hook, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a class of fish hooks wherein duplicate hooksare provided, that are spaced apart by the pull of a fish on the line.

The purpose of the invention is to provide novel details of constructionfor a fish hook of the character indicated, which adapt the hook forreliable service, and positively insure the divergence of the hookmembers upon the application of draft strain.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved two-part fish-hook, shoving theduplicate hook members thereof folded for the reception of a bait, andFig. 2 is a side view of the device, showing the hook members divergedby a pull on the line upon which the hook is secured.

The improved fish-hook comprises two hook members that are duplicates,each formed of resilient v ire, having a barb a on one end, that issharp pointed and a curve bent thereon adjacent to the barbed end a, asshown at a. The shank a of each hook member is straight and of asuitable length, each of said shanks terminating in a ringeye,designated respectively as a a and, as shown, the plane of one ring-eyea coincides with the plane of the curved portion a of the hook memberwhereon said ring-eye is formed. The ring-eye a, it will be noted, isdisposed in a plane substantially at a right angle to the plane occupiedby the curved or bowed end portion a of its hook member, and thisfeature is very essential, as will hereinafter appear. On the ring-eye aa closed ring a is loosely secured.

A coiled spring 1) formed of resilient wire and having straight limbs bextended from opposite ends of the coil and that normally diverge at anangle, affords means for the automatic closure of the bowed or curvedportions a into lapped engagement with each other. To this end, thelimbs b are lapped respectively upon the opposed surfaces of the shanks(1 near the ring-eyes a a and thereto secured. The expansive force hadby the coiled spring I) is such that the limbs thereof may be readilypressed toward each other, and thus diverge the barbed ends a of thehook members A snell or like flexible strand 0 is attached by one end ato the shank a of the hook member having the ring-eye (t thereon, thepoint of attachment being near said ring eye. From the shank a the snellc is extended toward and passed through the ring-eye ax, and thence isdoubled, so as to return said flexible connection toward the ring athrough which it is threaded, and thence may be extended and attached byits extended end to a suitable fishing-line, not shown.

In arranging the improved device for use, the normally lapped endportions having the barbed ends a thereon may have a suitable baitloosely mounted thereon, which will cover the barbed ends and lure fishto bite.

When a cast of the hook is made, the snell will be so engaged with thering-eye a and the ring a that the action of the water current will tendto turn the bait around, owing to the suspension oi the completed hookfrom one shank thereof, and thus give a life-like motion to the bait,which will attract fish. Upon the seizure of the bait and hook by a goodsized fish, the bait will become detached and the two members of thehook, having pointed and barbed ends, will, by the pull of the fish, bediverged at said barbed ends, and become embedded in the mouth or throatof the fish.

The compression of the limbs b of the spring 1), which diverges thebowed portions of the hook members a due to a pull on the shell 0,causes the loose rmg a to pass over the ring eye a and drop into lockedposition below said ring eye, thus securing the barbed ends of the twinhooks in diverged adjustment, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A fish hook, comprising two hooks arranged with their barbed endsprojecting in opposite directions, and a spring securing the hookstogether, the spring being arranged between and secured to the shanks ofthe hooks and normally holding the shanks crossed and the barbed endslapped one upon the other.

2. A fish hook, comprising duplicate hook members, each having a loopedend, a barb thereon, and a straight shank, a ring-eye on one shank,disposed in the same plane with the looped end thereon, a ring loose onsaid ring-eye, a ring-eye on the other shank, disosed at a right angleto the plane of the ooped end thereon, and a coiled spring having twodivergent limbs that are secured on the shanks oppositely, and thatnormally close the looped ends of the hook members.

3. The combination with a fish-hook having duplicate hook members, eachhaving a looped end, a barb and a point on said end, a straight shank, aring-eye on one shank disposed in the same plane with that of the oopedend and barb thereon, a loose ring on said ring-eye, a ring-eye on theother shank, disposed at a right angle to the looped end and barbthereon, anda coiled spring having two divergent limbs that areoppositely secured between the shanks near the ring-eyes thereon andnormally lap the looped ends of the hook members together, of a snell orlike flexible connection, secured by one end on one shank near thering-eye carrying the loose ring, said snell being threaded firstthrough the opposed ring-eye and then returned to engagement with theloose ring, whereby the loose end of the snell is disposed at one sideof the fish-hook. i

4. A fish hook, comprising two hooks arranged with their barbed endsprojecting in opposite directions, and a coiled spring arranged betweenthe shanks of the hooks and having terminal members rigidly secured tothe opposed surfaces of the said shanks, whereby the hooks are connectedand normally held with their shanks crossed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscnbmg wltnesses.

CHAS. MARSHALL WILLIS.

Nitnesses WM. vo1\ ROSENBERG, Jr, PAUL VON ROSENBERG.

